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play on something

to use something for your own advantage. The news reports just seemed to play on people's emotions.

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Each guild had its patron saint, and after a time the members of a guild began to act a play on their saint's day in his honor. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context Then he called to the miser, and said, 'Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,' Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context More results

References in classic literature

Each guild had its patron saint, and after a time the members of a guild began to act a play on their saint's day in his honor.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context

Then he called to the miser, and said, 'Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,'

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

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